Bulgaria

Bulgaria Imports 2023

Complete list of Bulgaria's 170 import sources and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.

$52.76B
Total imports (2023)
#57
Global import rank
170
Source countries
100+
Product categories tracked

Bulgaria imported $52.76 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #57 largest importer. Goods came from 170 source countries, with the top ten sources providing 62.1% of total import value. The leading import was petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude, valued at $3.14 billion 5.9% of total imports.

The two tables below list every source country and the most-traded product categories at the HS6 (Harmonized System 6-digit) level. All values come from the CEPII BACI database, which reconciles UN Comtrade declarations to produce cleaner bilateral flows.

All import sources

170 countries and territories. Click for the full bilateral page.

#Source2023 import value% of total
1Germany$6.11B11.59%
2Türkiye$4.41B8.36%
3Romania$4.08B7.73%
4Russian Federation$3.51B6.65%
5Italy$3.26B6.19%
6China$2.92B5.53%
7Greece$2.54B4.81%
8Netherlands$2.07B3.93%
9Poland$2.02B3.83%
10Hungary$1.86B3.52%
11Czechia$1.61B3.05%
12France$1.38B2.61%
13Austria$1.31B2.49%
14Serbia$1.15B2.19%
15Belgium$1.15B2.18%
16Spain$1.00B1.90%
17Ukraine$903.84M1.71%
18Slovakia$652.85M1.24%
19USA$588.70M1.12%
20Slovenia$494.79M0.94%
21Azerbaijan$466.39M0.88%
22United Kingdom$449.83M0.85%
23Switzerland$443.34M0.84%
24Sweden$437.94M0.83%
25North Macedonia$418.95M0.79%
26Egypt$411.71M0.78%
27Indonesia$386.48M0.73%
28Brazil$380.60M0.72%
29Denmark$348.96M0.66%
30Georgia$315.31M0.60%
31India$268.31M0.51%
32Ireland$227.24M0.43%
33Norway$222.08M0.42%
34China, Hong Kong SAR$220.57M0.42%
35Japan$219.56M0.42%
36Rep. of Korea$200.15M0.38%
37Peru$194.57M0.37%
38Croatia$168.32M0.32%
39Estonia$164.42M0.31%
40Viet Nam$159.66M0.30%
41Chile$159.06M0.30%
42Other Asia, nes$159.04M0.30%
43Finland$148.35M0.28%
44Canada$145.30M0.28%
45Portugal$144.63M0.27%
46Lithuania$141.80M0.27%
47Malaysia$139.40M0.26%
48Israel$139.36M0.26%
49Thailand$134.68M0.26%
50Morocco$121.88M0.23%
51United Rep. of Tanzania$117.85M0.22%
52Saudi Arabia$111.89M0.21%
53South Africa$103.48M0.20%
54Philippines$101.13M0.19%
55Panama$99.04M0.19%
56Armenia$97.70M0.19%
57Rep. of Moldova$92.55M0.18%
58Côte d'Ivoire$85.03M0.16%
59Mexico$81.88M0.16%
60Algeria$72.54M0.14%
61Ecuador$72.40M0.14%
62Qatar$66.98M0.13%
63Bosnia Herzegovina$66.38M0.13%
64Cyprus$64.43M0.12%
65United Arab Emirates$63.29M0.12%
66Iran$60.91M0.12%
67Pakistan$60.08M0.11%
68Latvia$55.49M0.11%
69Albania$51.75M0.10%
70Lebanon$49.86M0.09%
71Singapore$47.39M0.09%
72Luxembourg$43.84M0.08%
73Tunisia$39.02M0.07%
74Uzbekistan$33.03M0.06%
75Kazakhstan$30.96M0.06%
76Australia$28.61M0.05%
77Oman$27.28M0.05%
78Cambodia$26.90M0.05%
79Colombia$26.76M0.05%
80Mozambique$24.71M0.05%
81Myanmar$24.08M0.05%
82Bahrain$23.62M0.04%
83Belarus$22.84M0.04%
84Argentina$19.73M0.04%
85Eswatini$17.45M0.03%
86Malta$16.13M0.03%
87Ghana$13.59M0.03%
88New Zealand$12.31M0.02%
89Uganda$9.47M0.02%
90Jordan$8.28M0.02%
91Liberia$7.83M0.01%
92Trinidad and Tobago$7.44M0.01%
93Tajikistan$7.01M0.01%
94Nigeria$6.14M0.01%
95Montenegro$5.76M0.01%
96Sri Lanka$5.52M0.01%
97Marshall Isds$4.81M0.01%
98Uruguay$4.76M0.01%
99Namibia$4.75M0.01%
100China, Macao SAR$4.24M0.01%
101Kenya$4.24M0.01%
102Papua New Guinea$3.76M0.01%
103Zimbabwe$3.74M0.01%
104Turkmenistan$3.67M0.01%
105Ethiopia$3.62M0.01%
106Cuba$3.53M0.01%
107Honduras$3.48M0.01%
108Nicaragua$3.08M0.01%
109Mauritius$3.01M0.01%
110Guinea$2.99M0.01%
111Bangladesh$2.72M0.01%
112Lao People's Dem. Rep.$2.35M0.00%
113Libya$2.09M0.00%
114Dominican Rep.$2.00M0.00%
115Iceland$1.92M0.00%
116Kuwait$1.81M0.00%
117Kyrgyzstan$1.77M0.00%
118Belize$1.21M0.00%
119Falkland Isds (Malvinas)$1.18M0.00%
120Iraq$1.18M0.00%
121Paraguay$1.03M0.00%
122Somalia$991,7790.00%
123Syria$972,8510.00%
124Senegal$877,5740.00%
125San Marino$773,9630.00%
126Bolivia (Plurinational State of)$728,7810.00%
127Zambia$708,9240.00%
128Guatemala$653,6240.00%
129Angola$621,7170.00%
130Malawi$620,2150.00%
131Yemen$448,9860.00%
132State of Palestine$421,3560.00%
133Venezuela$409,4500.00%
134Togo$365,0170.00%
135Costa Rica$306,0240.00%
136Bermuda$294,8200.00%
137Djibouti$268,8600.00%
138Cameroon$253,3140.00%
139Sao Tome and Principe$203,5240.00%
140Afghanistan$181,6030.00%
141Benin$127,0840.00%
142Mauritania$110,4550.00%
143Burkina Faso$107,5890.00%
144Andorra$107,5420.00%
145Fiji$100,7330.00%
146Nepal$88,6350.00%
147Gabon$84,3590.00%
148Seychelles$81,7910.00%
149Sudan$61,4380.00%
150El Salvador$42,1780.00%
151Madagascar$31,8300.00%
152Gibraltar$29,4590.00%
153Niger$26,3280.00%
154Mongolia$22,8840.00%
155Jamaica$7,9930.00%
156Central African Rep.$7,3080.00%
157Suriname$4,4080.00%
158Dem. Rep. of the Congo$2,5760.00%
159Saint Maarten$1,7870.00%
160Curaçao$1,3750.00%
161Guyana$1,1030.00%
162Br. Indian Ocean Terr.$9250.00%
163Barbados$7940.00%
164Botswana$5740.00%
165Aruba$5340.00%
166Rwanda$5190.00%
167Dem. People's Rep. of Korea$1600.00%
168Congo$1080.00%
169Sierra Leone$650.00%
170Saint Lucia$200.00%

Top import products (HS6)

100 product categories ranked by 2023 import value.

#HS6ProductValue% of total
1270900Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude$3.14B5.95%
2260300Copper ores and concentrates$1.90B3.60%
3300490Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale$1.42B2.70%
4271600Electrical energy$1.03B1.96%
5271000Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude: preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals: these being the basic constituents of the preparations: waste oils$1.02B1.94%
6271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gas$901.15M1.71%
7854140Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light-emitting diodes (LED)$692.49M1.31%
8851712Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks$605.10M1.15%
9740400Copper: waste and scrap$527.68M1.00%
10382600Biodiesel and mixtures thereof: not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals$521.04M0.99%
11853890Electrical apparatus: parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 or 8537$365.00M0.69%
12120600Oil seeds: sunflower seeds, whether or not broken$318.47M0.60%
13870323Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 3000cc$318.10M0.60%
14300215Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale$295.19M0.56%
15870120Tractors: road, for semi-trailers$282.41M0.54%
16740311Copper: refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes$264.81M0.50%
17851762Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus$259.60M0.49%
18392690Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39$253.70M0.48%
19720711Iron or non-alloy steel: semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel: containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (including square) cross-section, width less than twice thickness$252.75M0.48%
20870332Vehicles: with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 2500cc$251.60M0.48%
21870340Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power$245.54M0.47%
22760120Aluminium: unwrought, alloys$244.60M0.46%
23850760Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square)$241.13M0.46%
24847130Automatic data processing machines: portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display$230.66M0.44%
25870322Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc$230.10M0.44%
26240220Cigarettes: containing tobacco$227.69M0.43%
27854370Electrical machines and apparatus: having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, n.e.c. in heading no. 8543$221.76M0.42%
28870195Tractors: n.e.c. in heading no 8701 (other than tractors of heading no 8709): of an engine power exceeding 130kW$220.52M0.42%
29854239Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542$220.17M0.42%
30210690Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10$207.35M0.39%
31854231Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits$206.99M0.39%
32850440Electrical static converters$203.96M0.39%
33841510Air conditioning machines: comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, of a kind designed to be fixed to a window, wall, ceiling or floor, self-contained or "split-system"$202.76M0.38%
34281410Ammonia: anhydrous$191.95M0.36%
35843351Combine harvester-threshers$190.05M0.36%
36854449Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectors$188.81M0.36%
37730890Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308$176.19M0.33%
38151211Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified$175.10M0.33%
39870324Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 3000cc$170.61M0.32%
40880240Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg$168.94M0.32%
41852872Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus: incorporating a colour video display or screen$168.91M0.32%
42853400Circuits: printed$167.80M0.32%
43390210Propylene, other olefin polymers: polypropylene in primary forms$166.44M0.32%
44950300Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds$163.14M0.31%
45710692Metals: silver, semi-manufactured$157.59M0.30%
46020329Meat: of swine, n.e.c. in item no. 0203.2, frozen$156.51M0.30%
47853690Electrical apparatus: n.e.c. in heading no. 8536, for switching or protecting electrical circuits, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts$156.04M0.30%
48870333Vehicles: with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 2500cc$155.76M0.30%
49870422Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 5 tonnes but not exceeding 20 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1$155.69M0.30%
50190590Food preparations: bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa: communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products$155.39M0.29%
51870421Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1$147.41M0.28%
52870899Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708$138.65M0.26%
53848180Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves$137.86M0.26%
54732690Iron or steel: articles n.e.c. in heading 7326$136.62M0.26%
55170199Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter$136.54M0.26%
56401110Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars)$136.39M0.26%
57180690Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: n.e.c. in chapter 18$135.03M0.26%
58740811Copper: wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm$133.19M0.25%
59853710Boards, panels, consoles, desks and other bases: for electric control or the distribution of electricity, (other than switching apparatus of heading no. 8517), for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts$127.67M0.24%
60870380Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion$125.15M0.24%
61330499Cosmetic and toilet preparations: n.e.c. in heading no. 3304, for the care of the skin (excluding medicaments, including sunscreen or sun tan preparations)$122.33M0.23%
62854430Insulated electric conductors: ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships$120.79M0.23%
63870194Tractors: n.e.c. in heading no 8701 (other than tractors of heading no 8709): of an engine power exceeding 75kW but not exceeding 130kW$120.41M0.23%
64220210Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured$119.90M0.23%
65760429Aluminium: alloys, bars, rods and profiles, other than hollow$119.20M0.23%
66310210Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution$118.94M0.23%
67020319Meat: of swine, n.e.c. in item no. 0203.1, fresh or chilled$117.84M0.22%
68220830Whiskies$113.28M0.21%
69760110Aluminium: unwrought, (not alloyed)$112.91M0.21%
70901890Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018$111.76M0.21%
71390761Poly(ethylene terephthalate): in primary forms, having a viscosity of 78ml/g or higher$111.54M0.21%
72880330Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803$108.33M0.21%
73330300Perfumes and toilet waters$105.56M0.20%
74847989Machines and mechanical appliances: having individual functions, n.e.c. or included in this chapter$103.03M0.20%
75180100Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted$102.36M0.19%
76240391Tobacco: homogenised or reconstituted$102.16M0.19%
77720839Iron or non-alloy steel: in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3mm$99.81M0.19%
78854442Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, fitted with connectors$99.67M0.19%
79940360Furniture: wooden, other than for office, kitchen or bedroom use$97.64M0.19%
80271113Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, butanes$96.65M0.18%
81380893Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators: other than containing goods of Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter: put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles$96.07M0.18%
82871639Trailers and semi-trailers: (other than tanker type)$95.97M0.18%
83850131Electric motors and generators: DC, of an output not exceeding 750W$94.45M0.18%
84382499Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824$94.10M0.18%
85842951Front-end shovel loaders$92.25M0.17%
86230910Dog or cat food: put up for retail sale, used in animal feeding$92.21M0.17%
87610910T-shirts, singlets and other vests: of cotton, knitted or crocheted$91.04M0.17%
88870360Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power$88.77M0.17%
89090121Coffee: roasted, not decaffeinated$87.66M0.17%
90070200Vegetables: tomatoes, fresh or chilled$87.45M0.17%
91271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, propane$86.89M0.16%
92600410Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, other than those of heading 60.01, containing by weight 5% or more of elastomeric yarn but not containing rubber thread$86.70M0.16%
93860400Railway or tramway maintenance or service vehicles: whether or not self-propelled (e.g. workshops, cranes, ballast tampers, trackliners, testing coaches and track inspection vehicles)$86.53M0.16%
94151800Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: oxidised, boiled or otherwise chemically modified, (excluding those of heading no. 1516), inedible mixtures or preparations of fats or oils$86.30M0.16%
95271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711$83.16M0.16%
96261690Precious metal ores and concentrates: (excluding silver)$82.30M0.16%
97870350Vehicles: with both compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power$82.27M0.16%
98040690Dairy produce: cheese (not grated, powdered or processed), n.e.c. in heading no. 0406$82.04M0.16%
99853669Electrical apparatus: plugs and sockets, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts$81.26M0.15%
100720838Iron or non-alloy steel: in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of 3mm or more but less than 4.75mm$81.26M0.15%